Retail_Trade_____ | Number of establish- ments | Retail sales | Number of employees | Payroll ($1,000) | Popu- lation | Retail sales per capita ($) | |
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($1,000) | rank | ||||||
United States (preliminary) | 1,120,249 | 2,456,574,247 |   | 14,115,559 | 238,792,423 | 267,636,061 | 9,179 |
Pennsylvania | 50,208 | 109,948,462 |   | 650,144 | 10,561,877 | 12,011,278 | 9,154 |
Allegheny County | 5,353 | 12,929,651 | 1 | 78,841 | 1,217,988 | 1,280,873 | 10,094 |
Montgomery County | 3,689 | 9,607,375 | 2 | 54,728 | 1,025,818 | 713,135 | 13,472 |
Philadelphia County | 4,782 | 8,118,245 | 3 | 51,398 | 887,136 | 1,450,683 | 5,596 |
Bucks County | 2,549 | 7,217,380 | 4 | 36,195 | 701,283 | 582,511 | 12,390 |
Chester County | 1,517 | 5,879,582 | 5 | 22,625 | 490,764 | 415,422 | 14,153 |
Delaware County | 2,080 | 5,003,597 | 6 | 28,710 | 516,361 | 543,560 | 9,205 |
Lancaster County | 2,012 | 4,671,739 | 7 | 29,237 | 480,811 | 453,826 | 10,294 |
Lehigh County | 1,376 | 3,509,237 | 8 | 18,976 | 333,237 | 298,287 | 11,765 |
Berks County | 1,468 | 3,330,720 | 9 | 19,302 | 326,224 | 353,925 | 9,411 |
York County | 1,447 | 3,250,599 | 10 | 20,356 | 315,355 | 370,912 | 8,764 |
Westmoreland County | 1,557 | 3,230,166 | 11 | 19,333 | 280,476 | 373,711 | 8,643 |
Luzerne County | 1,406 | 2,856,425 | 12 | 18,945 | 269,196 | 317,055 | 9,009 |
Cumberland County | 955 | 2,759,547 | 13 | 15,697 | 268,236 | 207,801 | 13,280 |
Erie County | 1,225 | 2,562,056 | 14 | 16,323 | 239,046 | 277,593 | 9,230 |
Dauphin County | 1,125 | 2,532,802 | 15 | 15,204 | 246,081 | 245,713 | 10,308 |
Lackawanna County | 1,039 | 1,966,284 | 16 | 13,167 | 189,755 | 210,494 | 9,341 |
Northampton County | 832 | 1,831,841 | 17 | 10,051 | 168,093 | 257,501 | 7,114 |
Washington County | 778 | 1,531,613 | 18 | 9,187 | 152,619 | 205,632 | 7,448 |
Butler County | 709 | 1,480,171 | 19 | 9,317 | 136,969 | 168,897 | 8,764 |
Blair County | 639 | 1,331,159 | 20 | 8,310 | 117,716 | 130,678 | 10,187 |
Mercer County | 618 | 1,285,017 | 21 | 7,852 | 112,825 | 122,042 | 10,529 |
Cambria County | 693 | 1,244,812 | 22 | 8,555 | 111,454 | 157,372 | 7,910 |
Lebanon County | 490 | 1,209,084 | 23 | 6,480 | 106,762 | 117,172 | 10,319 |
Beaver County | 668 | 1,180,472 | 24 | 8,513 | 113,741 | 185,585 | 6,361 |
Monroe County | 658 | 1,160,638 | 25 | 7,621 | 111,736 | 122,706 | 9,459 |
Centre County | 617 | 1,153,918 | 26 | 7,861 | 108,658 | 132,809 | 8,689 |
Lycoming County | 605 | 1,149,283 | 27 | 7,600 | 108,417 | 118,212 | 9,722 |
Fayette County | 599 | 1,110,235 | 28 | 7,056 | 96,296 | 145,126 | 7,650 |
Schuylkill County | 659 | 1,062,524 | 29 | 7,129 | 106,316 | 149,423 | 7,111 |
Franklin County | 566 | 1,035,656 | 30 | 6,249 | 94,392 | 127,462 | 8,125 |
Clearfield County | 397 | 768,427 | 31 | 4,935 | 68,833 | 80,907 | 9,498 |
Indiana County | 391 | 723,586 | 32 | 4,986 | 64,338 | 89,277 | 8,105 |
Warren County | 185 | 718,565 | 33 | 2,742 | 52,861 | 44,167 | 16,269 |
Northumberland County | 367 | 658,719 | 34 | 3,689 | 58,852 | 94,984 | 6,935 |
Crawford County | 360 | 628,750 | 35 | 3,970 | 58,637 | 89,283 | 7,042 |
Lawrence County | 370 | 627,064 | 36 | 4,286 | 61,440 | 95,281 | 6,581 |
Somerset County | 367 | 543,075 | 37 | 3,361 | 46,234 | 80,497 | 6,747 |
Columbia County | 317 | 533,899 | 38 | 3,462 | 45,088 | 64,079 | 8,332 |
Bradford County | 296 | 521,172 | 39 | 3,315 | 46,434 | 62,366 | 8,357 |
Armstrong County | 310 | 487,131 | 40 | 3,255 | 43,294 | 73,436 | 6,633 |
Adams County | 330 | 472,736 | 41 | 3,072 | 45,645 | 85,612 | 5,522 |
Bedford County | 216 | 438,921 | 42 | 2,298 | 35,575 | 49,269 | 8,909 |
Venango County | 247 | 417,353 | 43 | 2,792 | 37,828 | 58,175 | 7,174 |
Wayne County | 246 | 396,986 | 44 | 2,444 | 38,443 | 45,180 | 8,787 |
Mifflin County | 195 | 368,372 | 45 | 2,427 | 34,793 | 46,992 | 7,839 |
Snyder County | 190 | 365,560 | 46 | 2,558 | 33,451 | 38,166 | 9,578 |
Clarion County | 226 | 330,495 | 47 | 2,100 | 32,348 | 41,813 | 7,904 |
Carbon County | 219 | 316,742 | 48 | 2,102 | 30,942 | 58,878 | 5,380 |
Jefferson County | 209 | 299,179 | 49 | 1,828 | 24,554 | 46,504 | 6,433 |
Clinton County | 176 | 296,168 | 50 | 1,877 | 24,573 | 36,952 | 8,015 |
Tioga County | 170 | 287,902 | 51 | 1,924 | 26,315 | 41,547 | 6,930 |
Mc Kean County | 200 | 280,528 | 52 | 1,969 | 26,793 | 46,805 | 5,994 |
Greene County | 136 | 259,228 | 53 | 1,240 | 18,444 | 40,693 | 6,370 |
Huntingdon County | 169 | 252,777 | 54 | 1,495 | 22,497 | 44,977 | 5,620 |
Union County | 140 | 225,254 | 55 | 1,492 | 19,571 | 41,650 | 5,408 |
Elk County | 163 | 219,947 | 56 | 1,668 | 20,373 | 34,818 | 6,317 |
Susquehanna County | 161 | 217,773 | 57 | 1,221 | 17,300 | 42,095 | 5,173 |
Wyoming County | 126 | 214,303 | 58 | 1,241 | 17,386 | 29,304 | 7,313 |
Perry County | 141 | 205,266 | 59 | 1,280 | 17,479 | 44,149 | 4,649 |
Pike County | 107 | 182,572 | 60 | 1,203 | 16,883 | 39,129 | 4,666 |
Montour County | 76 | 131,297 | 61 | 797 | 9,974 | 17,847 | 7,357 |
Juniata County | 71 | 123,611 | 62 | 649 | 9,011 | 21,914 | 5,641 |
Potter County | 77 | 88,325 | 63 | 611 | 8,287 | 17,137 | 5,154 |
Fulton County | 55 | 70,741 | 64 | 402 | 5,341 | 14,522 | 4,871 |
Cameron County | 27 | 30,978 | 65 | 287 | 3,773 | 5,681 | 5,453 |
Forest County | 35 | 28,564 | 66 | 162 | 2,274 | 4,965 | 5,753 |
Sullivan County | 29 | 24,668 | 67 | 186 | 2,252 | 6,109 | 4,038 |
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 11/30/99
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.